This guide focuses on bullying and is specifically designed for parents and teachers of children with disabilities. It informs parents of the signs to look for that may indicate that their child is a victim, steps to take to protect their child, tips to prevent cyber-bullying, and ways to promote social skills. It also offers strategies for teachers, who often serve as “first responders” when bullying occurs in the classroom.
View the Guide – AbilityPath.org: Walk a Mile In Their Shoes – Bullying and the Child with Special Needs (PDF).
This peer-to-peer guide is intended to help individual with disabilities recognize and respond to abuse. It provides definitions of important terms such as domestic violence, sexual violence, perpetrator, victim, consent and more. It provides steps to take in different situations such as what to do when responding to harassment, sexual abuse, reports of rape, and emotional abuse.
View the Guide – Green Mountain Self-Advocates: Abuse (PDF).
This guide is designed to help individuals in faith-based communities understand the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. It provides an overview of autism and offers strategies that can be used by religious leaders, educators, and congregations to promote inclusion in places of worship. It also contains useful tips to families who are concerned with how their loved ones with disabilities will adjust to the change in environment.
View the Guide – Center for Autism and Related Disabilities: Autism & the Faith Community (PDF).
This tool, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), provides an outline of four simple steps to increasing workforce inclusion. It is intended to help employers know how to effectively recruit, retain and advance individuals with disabilities. This guide also contains web links to useful resources for businesses and employers.
View the Guide – U.S. Department of Labor: Building an Inclusive Workforce (PDF).
This fact sheet, provided by the Sexuality & Disability Consortium at the Institute on Disability & Human Development at UIC, identifies seven common myths relating to disability and sexuality. Topics covered include sexual assault, sex education, disinterest for sex, the inability to have sex and more.
View the Fact Sheet – Sexuality & Disability Consortium: Myths and Misperceptions of Disability and Sexuality (PDF).
Through the network of 20 regional Education Service Centers (ESCs) around the state and in conjunction with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training provides a mechanism to access training, technical assistance, support, and resources for educators who serve students with autism. Resources include fact sheets, online trainings, and toolkits.
View the Website – Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training
This website provides comprehensive, up-to-date, and useful information on autism to educators and families who support individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Developed by the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incident (OCALI) in partnership with many other organizations including the Autism Society of America, all modules are free and accessible online. Some topics include bullying, speech generating devices, preparing individuals for employment, sensory differences, person-centered planning, and much more.
View the Website – Autism Internet Modules
Self Advocates United as 1 is a group based in Pennsylvania that is dedicated to supporting the self-advocacy of people with disabilities. This organization holds letter-writing, e-mail, and phone workshops to help others learn how to advocate for change. It presents stories on its website to encourage individuals to learn about their rights and speak up for themselves.
View the Website – Self Advocates United as 1
AASPIRE is a collaboration between the academic community and the autism community. It develops and performs research projects relevant to the needs of adults on the autism spectrum. Some of its recent projects focus on health care disparities, internet use, and violence and health. The findings from these projects can be accessed through this website.
View the Website – Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE)
This webpage provides articles, online tools, publication and other resources that focus on transition and employment for individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It contains job development tools such as interviewing practice handouts and an employability skills checklist. Program tools and journal articles are also available.
View the Website – Transition to College: Resources
